Phoracantha
| Phoracantha | |
|---|---|
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| Phoracantha obscura | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Cerambycidae |
| Subfamily: | Cerambycinae |
| Genus: | Phoracantha Newman, 1840 |
Phoracantha is a genus of eucalyptus borers in the family Cerambycidae. There are at least two described species in Phoracantha.[1][2][3]
Species
[edit]- Phoracantha obscura (Donovan, 1805)
- Phoracantha punctata (Donovan, 1805)
- Phoracantha recurva Newman, 1840
- Phoracantha semipunctata (Fabricius, 1775) (eucalyptus longhorn borer)
References
[edit]- ^ "Phoracantha Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ "Phoracantha Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ "Phoracantha Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
Further reading
[edit]- Arnett, R. H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida.
- Arnett, Ross H. (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
- Monné, Miguel A.; Giesbert, Edmund F. (1995). Checklist of the Cerambycidae and Disteniidae (Coleoptera) of the Western Hemisphere. Vol. 2nd ed. Wolfsgarden Books. ISBN 1-885850-01-8.
- White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
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